8th Cavalry Pennsylvania Volunteers Company D – Pennsylvania in the Civil War

8th Cavalry

Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company D

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Term/ Years	Remarks
Pennock Huey	Captain	September 17, 1861	3	Promoted to Major, January 1, 1862
Joseph W. Wistar	Captain	September 17, 1861	3	Promoted from 1st Lt., January 1, 1862; to Major, December 23, 1863
John T. Piggott, Jr.	Captain	September 17, 1861	3	Promoted from 2d to 1st Lt., January 1, 1862; to Captain, December 23, 1863; prisoner from June 24, to December, 1864; discharged January 23, 1865
Benjamin A. Phifer	1st Lt.	September 17, 1861	3	Promoted from Sergeant., December 23, 1863; to Captain Company C, December 20, 1864
Charles O. Fitch	Captain	August 19, 1861	3	Promoted from Sergeant to 2d Lt., August 12, 1864; to 1st Lt., December 20, 1864; commissioned Captain, January 24, 1865; not mustered; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1863; Vet
J. Edw’d Carpenter	2d Lt.	March 17, 1862	3	Promoted to 2d Lt., March 19, 1862; to 1st Lieut. Company K, August 4, 1862
Andrew Lee	1st Sergeant	September 11, 1861	3	Promoted to Corporal, January 1, 1864; to 1st Sergeant, September 1, 1864; commissioned 2d Lt., December 20, 1864; not mustered; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Vet
John C. Albertson	Quarter Master Sergeant	August 31, 1861	3	Promoted to RegimentalPromoted to Reg. Quarter Master Sergeant, January 1, 1865; Vet Quarter Master Sergeant, January 1, 1865; Vet
Joseph C. Wallace	Commissary Sergeant	September 10, 1861	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Vet
John F. Hill	Sergeant	September 17, 1861	3	Discharged by General Order, July 20, 1865; Vet
Charles B. Jones	Sergeant	September 17, 1861	3	Died at Philadelphia, April 22, 1865; Veteran
Samuel Allen	Sergeant	September 17, 1861	3	Wounded at Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 31, 1865; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Vet
Henry H. Scott	Sergeant	September 17, 1861	3	Captured August 16, 1864; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Vet
Rob’t M’Donald	Sergeant	August, 1861	3	Prisoner from August 12, to September, 1863; discharged August 31, 1864; expiration of term
Thos. Vanderslice	Sergeant	September 17, 1861	3	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 1, 1864
William H. Morse	Sergeant	July 23, 1861	3	Died December 15, 1863; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery, D. C.
C. H. Harmstead	Corporal	August 19, 1861	3	Captured at Belfield Station, Va., December 9, 1864; died at Salisbury, N. C., February 1, 1865; Vet
Matthew W. Smith	Corporal	August 17, 1861	3	Prisoner from June 22, to September, 1864; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Veteran
Alexander Petrie	Corporal	September 17, 1861	3	Wounded at Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 31, 1865; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Veteran
George C. Lee	Corporal	September 17, 1861	3	Prisoner from September 3, 1862, to January 4, 1863; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Veteran
Joseph A. Griner	Corporal	September 17, 1861	3	Killed at Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 31, 1865; Vet
Henry Howerth	Corporal	August 20, 1861	3	Wounded at Richmond, Va., 1864; discharged September 10, 1864; expiration of term
William H. Geary	Corporal	August 16, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, April 14, 1863
Wm. L. Chenery	Corporal	August 19, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, April 14, 1863; re-enlisted, 1864; killed at Trevilian Station, Va., June 11, 1864
Michael Hackett.	Corporal	September 17, 1861	3	Discharged September 10, 1864; expiration of term
Henry H. Young	Corporal	September 16, 1861	3	Died at Camp Parole Hospital, Annapolis, Md., June 23, 1864
Wm. Galloway	Corporal	August 19, 1861	3	Prisoner from November 1, 1863, to December 11, 1864; discharged March 2, 1865
Edward R. Pratt	Corporal	September 17, 1861	3	Killed at Barber’s Cross Roads, Va., November 5, 1862
Theodore Richards	Corporal	September 17, 1861	3	Deserted October 12, 1862
Edwin Goodwin	Corporal	September 17, 1861	3	Captured at Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 31, 1865; discharged August 8, 1865; Veteran
Fr. J. Louderback	Corporal	September 17, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, December 15, 1862
Samuel Miller	Bugler	September 17, 1861	3	Discharged by General Order, July 20, 1865; Vet
Robert Watson	Bugler	September 17, 1861	3	Prisoner from September 13, 1862, to August 1, 1863; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Vet
A. C. Rittenhouse	Blacksmith	September 17, 1861	3	Died at Harrison’s Landing, Va., July 29, 1862
Joseph Kepley	Blacksmith	February 24, 1864	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Vet
Thos. Devonshire	Saddler	August 19, 1861	3	Killed at Amissville, Va., November 10, 1862
Timothy Mooney	Saddler	August 19, 1861	3	Prisoner from 7th to 9th April, 1865; discharged August 12, 1865; Vet
Alrick, Peter W.	Private	September 27, 1861	3	Died at Bealton Station. Va., December 25, 1863
Blake, Reuben F.	Private	September 28, 1861	3	Discharged by General Order, July 20, 1865; Vet
Bear, Daniel G.	Private	February 22, 1864	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Vet
Bradley, John	Private	March 14, 1864	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; mustered out, August 11, 1865; applied for a pension August 1, 1890: Application No. 840,985, Certificate No. 794,486; widow’s Application No. 635,282, Certificate No. 444,408
Bradley, Patrick	Private	February 24, 1864	3	Wounded at Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 31, 1865; discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, June 29, 1865
Barker, David	Private	September 20, 1861	3	Deserted December 15, 1861
Birney, Daniel	Private	June 7, 1864	3	Deserted March 31, 1865
Burke, William F.	Private	August 19, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, April 26, 1862
Broadbent, James	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Wounded August 31, 1864; discharged September, 1864; expiration of term
Burke, Jeremiah G.	Private	August 19, 1861	3	Killed at Falmouth, Va., November 1, 1862
Burns, John	Private	September 7, 1862	3	Deserted January 28, 1863
Boyle, Peter	Private	March 7, 1864	3	Deserted March 10, 1864
Bachman, Henry	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Boyle, Edward	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Case, Charles P.	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Discharged July 17, for wounds received at Chancellorsville, Va., May 1, 1863
Crook, John L.	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Discharged September 20, 1864; expiration of term
Crowfoot, Isaac	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, October 26, 1862
Caldwell, James E.	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Craig, Nelson	Private	August 30, 1861	3	Transferred to Company L, date unknown; Veteran
Coin, John	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Clothier, George C.*	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Case, Jacob W.	Private	August 20, 1864	1	Discharged by General Order, June 14, 1865
Dupue, John N.	Private	February 29, 1864	3	Wounded at Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 31, 1865; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Devlin, John	Private	February 11, 1864	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Detwiler, H. S.	Private	February 27, 1864	3	Killed at Guinea’s Station, Va., May 4, 1864
Devlin, William	Private	September 20, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, September 15, 1863
Duke, Anthony A.	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, August 23, 1862
Dillion, James L.	Private	March 8, 1864	3	Discharged by order of War Dep’t, July 30, 1864
Dolan, Christopher	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Transferred to Company F, date unknown
Dick, Albert R.	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Donnelly, Thomas	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Eyre, Preston	Private	October 1, 1861	3	Prisoner from June 11 to December, 1864; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Veteran
Evans, Owen	Private	March 2, 1864	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st egiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Ely, Washington G.	Private			Not accounted for
Egan, John	Private	November 16, 1864	3	Not accounted for
Fry, Edmund J.	Private	March 7, 1864	3	Dischared by General Order. July 27, 1865
Fitch, John A.	Private	August 16, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, July 10, 1862
Fennemore, John	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, April 9, 1862
Foy, William	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Foley, Thomas	Private	November 16, 1864	3	Not accounted for
Glenn, Nathaniel	Private		3	Wounded at Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 31, 1865; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Galloway, James	Private	February 7, 1862	3	Discharged February 7, 1865; expiration of term
Gill, Peter	Private	March 11, 1863	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Vet
Green, Jeremiah	Private	February 29, 1864	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Gallagher, Matthew	Private	February 23, 1864	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Gray, James	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Discharged September 10, 1864; expiration of term
Graham, John	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Discharged September 10, 1864; expiration of term
Griffth, Charles D.	Private	August 19, 1861	3	Discharged August 31, 1864; expiration of term
Ganohan, Edward	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Deserted; returned; discharged, date unknown
Henry, John	Private	September 13, 1861	3	Prisoner from September 13, 1862, to April 1, 1863; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Veteran
Harvey, Walter	Private	September 13, 1861	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Veteran
Harmstead, W. F.	Private	February 16, 1864	3	Prisoner from April 7 to 9, 1865; discharged July 12, 1865
Hill, Lemuel	Private	February 20, 1864	3	Discharged by General Order, July 24, 1865
Haffner, Edmund	Private	February, 1864	3	Wounded at Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 31, 1865; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Hill, Henry C.	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, October 3, 1862; re-enlisted February 12, 1864; discharged by General Order, May 23, 1865
Henry, Jonas	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, April 16, 1863
Hornsburger, H.	Private	February 27, 1864	3	Wounded at Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 31, 1865; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Hall, John	Private	October 4, 1861	3	Died at Camp Leslie, Va., January 8, 1862
Hart, Anthony	Private	July 23, 1861	3	Deserted August 20, 1861
Herring, Wm. H.	Private		3	Deserted March 20, 1864
Hall, James P.	Private	February 20, 1864	3	Deserted October 27, 1864
Hall, William	Private	February 24, 1864	3	Deserted October 27, 1864
Hart, John N.	Private	February 23, 1864	3	Died October 10, 1864
Harlan, Wm. F.	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Harran, George	Private	February 15, 1865	1	Not accounted for
Harris, Edward	Private	February 15, 1865	3	Not accounted for
Hickey, Thomas	Private	February 14, 1865	1	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Henry, James P.	Private	February 21, 1865	1	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Irwin, Alexander	Private	February 24, 1864	3	Discharged by General Order, July 5, 1865
Jarrard, Joseph W.	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Wounded at Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862; not accounted for
Kittinger, John	Private	September 20, 1861	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Veteran
Kemp, John	Private	February 18, 1865	1	Wounded at Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 31, 1865; discharged by General Order, July 6, 1865
Kemp, William	Private	February 28, 1864	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Kachell, Ernest H.	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Transferred to 64th Regiment P. V., October 4, 1861
Keefe, John	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Transferred to Company L, date unknown
Kuigler, Joseph	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Kein, Andrew J.	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Kuert, Henry C.	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Lake, Edward	Private	February 24, 186	3	Wounded and captured at South Side Railroad, Va., October 27, 1864; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24. 1865
Lanyon, Robert J.	Private	February 29, 1864	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., January 24, 1865
Loane, John W.	Private	August 19, 1861	3	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 7, 1864
Lindsay, John	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Transferred to Company F, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Veteran
Markle, George	Private	September 20, 1861	3	Deserted September 27, 1862
Moyer, Charles	Private		3	Deserted August 14, 1863
Marter, Francis T.	Private	September 14, 1861	3	Discharged by General Order, June 14, 1865
Marter, Emerson K.	Private		3	Deserted December 12, 1863
Meadowcroft, J. R.	Private	February 18, 1864	3	Prisoner from June 11 to November 27, 1864; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Martin, Albert C.	Private	February, 1864	3	Prisoner from June 11 to October 1, 1864; deserted February 2, 1865
Mumbeck, Seabine	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Montgomery, Rob’t.	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Manary, Robert	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Died at Philadelphia, Pa., January 1, 1865
M’Neal, John	Private	August 20, 1864	1	Discharged by General Order, June 15, 1865
M’Donnell, Martin	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Discharged September 10, 1864; expiration of term
M’Kee, George	Private	September 19, 1861	3	Killed at Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 31, 1865; Veteran
M’Aliister, Arch’d.	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Veteran
M’Mullen, Lewis	Private	September 20, 1861	3	Died at Alexandria, Va., December 4, 1862
M’Connell, James	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Deserted September, 1861
M’Cully, Henry	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Deserted September, 1861
M’Gowan, John	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Deserted September 10, 1862
M’Grevis, Richard	Private	July 23, 1861	3	Discharged August 31, 1864; expiration of term
Neely, Daniel	Private	February 24, 1864	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Nungeser, Solomon	Private	August 20, 1864	1	Discharged by General Order, June 14, 1865
Nolan, William	Private	June 9, 1862	3	Deserted September 3, 1862
O’Kane, Patrick	Private	February, 1864	3	Discharged by General Order, June 7, 1865
Ogden, William	Private	August 19, 1861	3	Died at Philadelphia, Pa., August 26, 1862
Otis, George	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Oat, Alfred	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Patton, Charles	Private	February 23, 1864	3	Transferred to Company D, 16 st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Veteran
Pugh, Henry	Private	March 11, 1864	3	Captured at Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 31, 1865; discharged by General Order, July 8, 1865
Phillips, Richard	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, March 10, 1862
Pierson, Wilson	Private	September 27, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, October 24, 1862
Price, Samuel	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Quinn, Patrick	Private	October 21, 1864	1	Transferred to Company D, 16 st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Rogers, John F.	Private	February 23, 1864	3	Transferred to Company D, 16 st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Russell, Lewis W.	Private	August 19, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, January 12, 1862
Robinson, David	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, March 13, 1863
Reynolds, John	Private		3	Deserted October 12, 1862
Saville, George W.	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, January 14, 1863
Skelton, James A.	Private	March 11, 1864	3	Wounded at Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 31, 1865; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Shenan, Michael	Private	March 3, 1864	3	Wounded at Trevilian Station, Va., June 11, 1864; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Scott, John	Private	February 24, 1864	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Shaffer, David	Private	February 29, 1861	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Snyder, William B.	Private	August 19, 1861	3	Killed at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863
Smith, Franklin D.	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Died at Washington, D. C., November 10, of wounds received at Trevilian Station, Va., June 11, 1864; Veteran
Smith, Abner	Private	August 27, 1861	3	Transferred to Company L, March 29, 1864; Veteran
Sigmund, Christian	Private	January 4, 1862	3	Discharged January 4, 1865; expiration of term
Smith, Cervantis	Private	July 23, 1861	3	Deserted September 5, 1861
Stubbs, William C.	Private	September 13, 1861	3	Deserted September 12, 1862
Sill, Theodore	Private	September 10, 1861	3	Deserted July 10, 1863; returned November 1, 1864; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Sanders, James	Private	September 10, 1861	3	Deserted July 10, 1863
Vanderslice, J. M.	Private	February 17, 1864	3	Prisoner from 7th to 9th April, 1865; discharged July 12, 1865
Vanhart, Austin S.	Private	August 29, 1864	1	Discharged by General Order, June 7, 1865
White, James W.	Private	February 27, 1864	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865; Veteran
White, Charles	Private	February 27, 1864	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
White, Edward J.	Private	February 24, 1864	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Williams, Wm. H.	Private	October 8, 1864	1	Wounded at Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 31, 1865; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Welsh, Thomas	Private	October 27, 1864	1	Wounded at Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 31, 1865; transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Williams, John	Private	February, 1864	3	Died at Point Lookout, Md., October 10, 1864
Walker, Rowland	Private	December 31, 1863	3	Died at Philadelphia, Pa., February 25, 1864
Weaver, George	Private	July 23, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, March 1, 1862
Webster, Fredl’k F.	Private	September 17, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Woods, Benjamin	Private	September 17, 1864	3	Not accounted for
Winslow, Henry	Private	February 10, 1864	3	Transferred to Company L, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24, 1865
Wallace, William	Private	September 2, 1864	1	Not accounted for
Young, George	Private	October 1, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate. April 26, 1862
Zigler, John	Private	March 7, 1864	3	Transferred to Company D, 161st Regiment P. V., July 24. 1865

Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

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